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George Clooney the Descendants
October - November 2011The Star GEORGE CLOONEY BY SILVIA BIZIO PHOTOGRAPHY BY MERIE WALLACE A BASKETBALL NET IN THE PARKING LOT of a shuttered CompUSA (now transformed into a movie set) is the first hint that George Clooney is here in Honolulu. If there’s anything he’d like to accomplish between scenes, it’s to improve his standing jump shot….
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Orchards of Memory
August - September 2011Life is an orchard where the seasons stroll. -Adonis, from “To The Poem” By Nani Steele | Photography By Sarah Remington There’s someThing magical abouT waking aT dawn’s firsT lighT, the sounds of birds calling and morning’s delicate echoes, pinging through a house still slumbering to the rhythms of sleep. This magical time is when…
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From Farm to Festival
August - September 2011Returning Hawai’i to a sustainable ecosystem of agriculture, environment and economy is a buzz that has been going around for quite some time.
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Luxury Asides
August - September 2011‘Ewa to Downtown in 3 Minutes With some hypothetical coopera- tion from HPD and the closing of some O’ahu highways, your commute time at a top speed of 268 mph would certain- ly be substantially shortened. All you need is the fastest and most expen- sive sports car presently made-the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport….
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Bejeweled Sweets Spot
August - September 2011Japan’s fascination with things kawaii helped give birth to the “Deco Sweet” trend of jewelry modeled after cookies, cake, candy and other edible confections. Among the most visible practitioners of this art form is Q-Pot, whose Ala Moana Center boutique is modeled after a pastry or ice cream shop, with bakery counters displaying necklaces, rings…
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Editor’s Letter
August - September 2011WHEN WE HEARD FROM SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS’ WIFE, Stella, that he had turned down interview requests with People magazine and Oprah Winfrey’s O-yet was eager to not only sit with but allow us to photograph him here in Hawai’i-our suspicions were confirmed. The momentum HILuxury has been building over the last year, as Hawai’i’s leading…
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New Traditionalist
August - September 2011JETTING TO PARIS IS EXCITING ANY TIME. But for Amos Kotomori, his first trip in the mid-1980s was nothing short of life-changing. Invited by world-renowned fashion designer Issey Miyake, caught up in a swirl of fashions shows
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Man Caves, Part Deux
June - July 2011Equip Your Space with These Over-the-Top Gems GUYS ALWAYS REMEMBER FONDLY THEIR FIRST “PLACE,” whether it was that fort or treehouse they built in the back yard, or their room plastered with rock posters, floor covered in dirty laundry. Later in life, it was the dorm room filled with empty pizza boxes, or a first…
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Deep Impact
June - July 2011An Unlikely Technology Helps Add Lift LIKE AN INGÉNUE MAKING THE ROUNDS AMONG DR. OZ, Rachael Ray and Vogue magazine, it isn’t hard to see why Ultherapy gained instant celebrity as soon as it hit the scene. Its promise of face-lift results without invasive surgery through use of ultrasound technology raised many a slouching eyebrow….
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Tomorrow’s Heirlooms
June - July 2011FOR MANY WATCH ENTHUSIASTS, it’s the complication and material that make a timepiece a must-own. Those criteria, or a variation therein, are then used to create a well-rounded watch collection. But what if you had to choose a special, single piece to launch a family tradition? The notion of passing a timepiece on to your…
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